The 31-year-old Hawaiian is also a professional surfer who attends contests around the world.

Last weekend he was in Puerto Escondido, Mexico, which is known to surfers as the “Mexican Pipeline”.

Mark Healey takes on enormous wave in Mexico (Photo: Jon Aspuru)

Generated by a powerful Southern Hemisphere storm, the waves on Sunday were massive, so big that only the more experienced surfers dared to take them on.

"Today was honestly twice as big as the biggest I’ve ever seen it here. The energy and the water moving was just… so beyond anything I’ve ever seen here. Everything else pales in comparison.” he told Stab Magazine.

"It was really scary out there this morning. Glad everyone is OK. Managed to be in the right place for a solid one on my Meeks Boards. We had no idea it would get this big."

Check out Mark taking on the enormous wave in the video player above.

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